The Avett Brothers - Ten Thousand Words lyrics

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Ten thousand words swarm around my head<br />

Ten million more in books written beneath my bed<br />

I wrote or read them all when searchin' in the swarms<br />

Still can't find out how to hold my hands<br />

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And I know you need me in the next room over<br />

But I am stuck in here all paralyzed<br />

For months I got myself in ruts <br />

Too much time spent in mirrors framed in yellow walls<br />

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Ain't it like most people? I'm no different<br />

We love to talk on things we don't know about<br />

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different<br />

We love to talk on things we don't know about<br />

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And everyone around me shakes their head in disbelief<br />

And says I'm too caught up<br />

They say young is good and old is fine<br />

And truth is cool but all that matters <br />

Is that you have your good times<br />

But their good times come with prices<br />

And I can't believe it when I hear the jokes they make<br />

At anyone's expese except their own<br />

Would they laugh if they knew who paid?<br />

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Ain't it like most people? I'm no different<br />

We love to talk on things we don't know about<br />

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different<br />

We love to talk on things we don't know about<br />

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And after we are through ten years<br />

Of making it to be the most of glorious day dues<br />

I'll come back home without my things<br />

'Cause the clothes I wore out there I will not wear 'round you<br />

And they'll be quick to point out our shortcommings<br />

And how the experts all have had their doubts<br />

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Ain't it like most people? I'm no different<br />

We love to talk on things we don't know about

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